What to plant in May in Romania
11 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in May in Romania, for the climate around Bucharest, Romania.
Climate: Cold winters with hard frosts down to about -13 °C, hot summers reaching 37 °C, and rain concentrated in late spring, summer and autumn, with a drier late summer.
Vegetables
Tomato Solanum lycopersicum
Warm summers give ripe fruit, and seedlings transplanted after the last frost thrive in sunny beds or large pots.
Harvest: 60–85 days after transplantingEasyIn potsCare guide →
Sweet pepper Capsicum annuum
Hot July and August days ripen peppers well, and they need only a sunny spot and steady watering.
Harvest: 70–90 days after transplantingEasyIn potsCare guide →
Cucumber Cucumis sativus
Warm soil and summer heat give fast, heavy yields, especially on a trellis.
Harvest: 50–65 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Courgette Cucurbita pepo
Once the frosts are over it grows vigorously in the warm summers and yields generously.
Harvest: 50–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Carrot Daucus carota
Cool spring and autumn soils suit sweet roots, and successive sowings extend the harvest.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Cool spring and early autumn weather gives crisp leaves, and it grows well in shallow containers.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
French bean Phaseolus vulgaris
Once the soil is warm, beans grow fast in the summer heat and need little feeding.
Harvest: 50–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Potato Solanum tuberosum
Cool spring soils suit seed potatoes, which yield well in the moderate summers.
Harvest: 80–110 daysEasyIn pots
Herbs
Basil Ocimum basilicum
Hot summer days give aromatic leaves, and it grows well on a sunny balcony.
Harvest: 60–70 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Dill Anethum graveolens
Quick and self-seeding, it thrives in the warm summers and needs very little care.
Harvest: 40–60 daysEasyIn pots
Thyme Thymus vulgaris
Drought-tolerant and winter-hardy, it suits the dry late summers and well-drained soil.
Harvest: 70–90 days from seedlingsEasyIn potsCare guide →